Rite of Perfection

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The Rite of Perfection is an 18th-century Masonic system of high degrees that formed a foundational basis for what later developed into the Scottish Rite.

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Rite of Perfection canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Masonic degree system
Masonic rite
codifiedBy Francken Manuscripts
developedInCentury 18th century
developedInDecade 1750s
extendsFrom Operative masonry
surface form: Craft Masonry
extendsTo 25th degree
hasAlternativeName 32° Master of the Royal Secret
surface form: Order of the Royal Secret

Rite of Perfection of Heredom
hasCountryOfOrigin France
hasDegree Chief of the Tabernacle (23°)
Elect of Fifteen (10°)
Elect of Nine (9°)
Grand Master
surface form: Grand Master Architect (12°)

Grand Master of the Symbolic Lodge (20°)
Grand Pontiff (19°)
Intendant of the Building (8°)
Intimate Secretary (6°)
Chapter of Rose Croix
surface form: Knight Rose Croix (18°)

Knight Royal Axe (22°)
Knight of the East (15°)
17° Knight of the East and West
surface form: Knight of the East and West (17°)

Noachite or Prussian Knight (21°)
Perfect Elu (14° in some versions)
Perfect Master (5°)
Prince of Jerusalem (16°)
Prince of the Royal Secret
surface form: Prince of the Royal Secret (25°)

Prince of the Tabernacle (24°)
Provost and Judge (7°)
Royal Arch Masonry (in many systems)
surface form: Royal Arch (13° in some versions)

Secret Master (4°)
Sublime Knight Elect (11°)
hasDegreeRange 4° to 25°
hasHighestDegreeTitle Prince of the Royal Secret
hasKeyFigure Frederick II of Prussia
surface form: Frederick II of Prussia (traditional attribution)

Henry Andrew Francken
Étienne Morin
hasLanguage French
hasNumberOfDegrees 25
hasTheme Esoteric Christianity
surface form: Christian mysticism

Old Testament narratives
Solomon's Temple
surface form: Temple of Solomon

chivalric symbolism
influenced Scottish Rite
surface form: Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite
isFoundationOf Scottish Rite
isPartOf high degrees of Freemasonry
precededBy Craft Freemasonry
religiousTradition Freemasons
surface form: Freemasonry
spreadTo Caribbean
North America
succeededBy 33-degree Scottish Rite systems

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Scottish Rite degrees originatedFrom Rite of Perfection